Allen's Hummingbird

Gallery: AvianPosted April 5, 2013156 views4 comments

April 5, 2013 Sunny afternoon at Huntington Beach Central Library, Huntington Beach, California shooting with Dave Haynes.

D800 Nikkor 600mm lens 1/6400 ISO1600 f/4 Better Beamer on a 900 flash White Balance Auto RAW Manual Tripod with Wimberley Gimbal

Processed in CS6 and NIK

Comments welcome

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Allen Brooks on April 5, 2013 at 10:52 PM

Beautiful bird, beautiful flowers, great background, great detail. What's not to love about this shot? Looks perfect to me.

Registered on July 27, 2011, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 5, 2013 at 11:19 PM

Patrick: This is very nice. I like the pleasing background, great sharpness on the head and a touch of wing blur. Nicely done.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Martin Dunn on April 6, 2013 at 4:29 AM

Patrick, that's gorgeous. A stunning shot of a very small bird. Outstanding colours and sharpness. I's be happy just to see one of these.

Registered on February 20, 2013, 198 Posts, 1011 Comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on April 6, 2013 at 1:41 PM

Thank you for your comments. Martin, you must book a trip to Huntington Beach, California in the spring time. There were hundreds of hummingbirds at the Central Library yesterday. In a few hours I filled up one card and was well into the other. My dilemma at this point is deleting and editing. If you schedule a trip, please give me a call.

Registered on March 13, 2011, 326 Posts, 1679 Comments